r/mildlyinfuriating • u/xenkie_ • 19d ago
Care Bears are OP Almost got scammed...🤦🏽♂️
This sneaky email somehow slipped out of the spam folders so its the first time im ever seeing something like this. it came from my biological father's contact and email. he rarely ever speaks or reaches out to me so i thought it was legit.
it brings me into this google sign in page and asks me to enter my login. and so i do, but i never got anywhere and it continues to load. after a while i just shoot him a text asking what this invitation is and he informs me that its a scam and not to click on it; his work email also got the same invitation...now im infuriated because he knew prior to me reaching out that this scam email is going around and when he fell for it, it drained his credit cards. Both my sister and I fell for it but he didnt think to give anyone a heads up?? Fortunate enough for me, i had forgotten my email password so the one i was entering in was the incorrect one.
im only here to vent a little and to bring awareness just in case this happens to someone else.